Behind his work is a deep feeling for life's fundamentals-love, loyalty, and awareness of nature and of God. ... While he was in New Orleans he saw the vastness of this country for the first time, and he began to set down in poetry his impressions of the nation and its people. ... Whitman printed it himself, and throughout his life he continued to publish expansions of revisions of the work. ... After the war Whitman's books began to sell well, and he contributed several articles to magazines. ... He remained an invalid for the rest of his life. ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Vainly, I tried to borrow happiness from my books in order to quell my own sadness- sorrow for the lost Lenore, the rare and radiant maiden named by angels, never again to be mentioned here on earth (9-12). ... I stood there for a long time, peering deep into that darkness, wondering, fearing, doubting and dreaming dreams no being ever dared to dream before (25-26). ... In the ninth and tenth lines, "Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had tried to borrow/ From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-, - "morrow- and "borrow- are internal rhymes; "borrow- and "sorrow...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Early Life and Education Born in St. ... Once he learned to read, the young boy immediately became obsessed with books and was completely absorbed in tales depicting savages, the Wild West, or Mark Twain's thrill-seeking Tom Sawyer. ... Eliot actually spent much of his time in London. This city had a monumental and life-altering impact on Eliot for multiple reasons, the most significant of which was his introduction to the influential literary figure  Ezra Pound. ... He would also be remembered as the most erudite poet of his time in the English language. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This has resulted in value judgement, particularly to the non-great-books. ... Finally this leads us to questions of the end of poetry itself, and its justification for existence, that is, why imitate at all and can we obtain knowledge and/or pleasure through it Both Plato and Aristotle, the foremost philosophers of their time, arrived at widely different answers to the questions above. ...

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• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate